Future Anticipated Openings: Federal Space Cyber Operations Support

Apogee Engineering, LLC•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee Engineering is seeking to secure letters of intent for the following disciplines: Weapons & Tactics Subject Matter Expert Defensive Cyber Warfare Engineer Cyber Intelligence Analyst Cyber Ops Training Instructor Cyber Range OTTI Engineer Incident Responder / CIRT Specialist Threat Hunter DevOps / Platform Engineer Selected incumbents will support a mission‑critical federal program that delivers advanced cyberspace operations, engineering, tactics, training, and intelligence in support of U.S. space mission systems. A mix of operational support, engineering & integration, training development and delivery, tactical/technical analysis, and exercise participation. Work will include both defensive and offensive cyber concepts in a strictly authorized, non‑personal services contractor role. This is a “future interest” announcement for ongoing hiring into a government cyber support program. Positions to be filled are contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

6+ years operational cyber/defensive/offensive experience
Military or equivalent operational background preferred
Strong writing and briefing skills
4+ years engineering/IT/cybersecurity experience with networking, logging, EDR, SOAR and cloud/OT exposure.
3–6+ years in cyber threat intel, SOC/CTI roles
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII, YARA, and threat intel tooling.
Training/instruction experience plus deep technical skills in cyber operations and tools
Formal training development experience preferred.
Virtualization, network emulation, range software, and lab automation background
Experience with LMS preferred.
SOC/IR experience, digital forensics, endpoint detection and response operation experience.
Data engineering, scripting (Python), SIEM/ELK, familiarity with STIX/TAXII and threat intel exchange formats.
Linux, containers, orchestration (Kubernetes), automation scripts, and secure build pipelines.
Must be a US citizen
Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret w/ SCI Eligibility
CySA, Sec+, CISSP, GIAC or equivalent (at least one)
BA or BS degree in one of the following fields: Cyber, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or an educational equivalent.
3 Years+ of relevant experience in respective domain

Nice To Haves

Military or equivalent operational background preferred
Formal training development experience preferred.
Experience with LMS preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, evaluate and document cyber weapons & tactics
Run/brief Tactics Review Boards
Author TacSOPs/TacBULs
Support operational planning and mission rehearsals
Perform posture assessments
Design sensor/TAP/EDR plans
Integrate DCW tools into mission systems
Support Configuration Control Boards and change requests
Produce timely threat intelligence products, I&W, IOC/IOA creation, threat actor profiling, and participate in daily intel syncs and exercises.
Deliver and develop qualification and upgrade training courses
Create scenarios for cyber ranges/OTTI
Maintain course material and MTL alignment
Design, build and maintain virtual training range environments, scenario construction, MSEL development, and range instrumentation.
Support incident response playbooks, forensics, hunt missions, AARs and remediation recommendations during exercises and real‑world events.
Develop analytics from IOC telemetry
Produce YARA/STIX output
Automate detection correlations and dashboarding for I&W.
Support integration and sustainment of DCW toolsets, CI/CD for rule deployments, and automation of telemetry ingestion and test harnesses.